#B89A40#B89A40

#B89A40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.114 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89A40
RGB	rgb(184, 154, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, 0.88, 49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 49.98, 88.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0012 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.114 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2498, 33.6735, 9.6505)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89A40 #405EB8

analogous

#B85E40 #B89A40 #9AB840

triadic

#B89A40 #40B89A #9A40B8

tetradic

#B89A40 #40B85E #405EB8 #B8409A

square

#B89A40 #40B85E #405EB8 #B8409A

split-complementary

#B89A40 #409AB8 #5E40B8

monochromatic

#5D4E20 #8B7430 #B89A40 #CBB36A #DBCA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B89A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#B89A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89A40

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89A40	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 154, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.114 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b779',
    500: '#b89a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89a40;
$custom-light: #d1b779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69611,
    "c": 0.11384,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89A40

secondary

#8D9BC7

accent

#72D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89A40

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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